Joseph P. Hornak, Ph.D.

Education

B.S., Chemistry
Utica College of Syracuse University, Utica, New York,

M.S., Physical Chemistry
Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana,

Ph.D., Chemistry
University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana,

Post Doc. with J.H. Freed in ESR
Cornell University, Ithaca, New York,

Honors, Professional Societies, and Recognition

• Dean's Summer Research Fellow, 1985, 1987, and 1988, RIT College of Science
• Wiedman Professor of Medical Imaging, 1989-1991
• RIT Trustees Faculty Scholarship Award, 2010.
• Member of Rochester Chapter of Sigma Xi
• Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi
• American Chemical Society
• International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
• International Society of Magnetic Resonance
• Environmental and Engineering Geophysical Society
• Groupement Atomes et Molécules Par Études Radio-Électriques
• Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association
• Royal Society of Chemistry's Choice Award for The Basics of NMR, 1999.
• Advanced Chemistry Development Labs Star Pick Educators’ Award for the hypertext book The Basics of NMR, July 2000.
• Association of American Publishers Professional and Scholarly Award for Multivolume Science Reference work: The Encyclopedia of Imaging Science and Technology, 2002.
• Google Rating of 2nd in 21,000,000 for Magnetic Resonance Imaging, The Basics of MRI, 2007.
• Google Rating of 2nd in 25,100,100 for Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, The Basics of NMR, 2007.
• Invited Keynote Speaker at the meeting of the CT/MRI Society of the American College of Veterinary Medicine, Chicago, IL, November 2007.
• Invited Plenary lecture at the GIDRM XXXVI Italian National Congress on NMR, Vietri sul Mare, Salerno, Italy, September 2006.
• Invited Keynote Speaker, Annual Meeting of The American Association for Clinical Chemistry, Anaheim, CA, July 1995.
• Editor-in-Chief of the John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Encyclopedia of Imaging Science and Technology, New York, NY, 1997-2002.

Courses Taught

1. General Chemistry Lecture, Laboratory, and Recitation
2. Scientific Glassblowing
3. Analytical Chemistry - Instrumental Methods of Analysis Lecture and Laboratory
4. Analytical Chemistry - Spectroscopy
5. Physical Chemistry Laboratory - Quantum Mechanics and Kinetics
6. Undergraduate Chemical Research
7. Imaging Science - Technical Communication & Research Practices
8. Imaging Science Senior Research
9. Chemical Kinetics

1. Analytical Chemistry - Instrumental Methods of Analysis Lecture and Laboratory
2. Magnetic Resonance Imaging
3. The Basics of Pulsed NMR
4. Principles of Magnetic Resonance
5. Building Scientific Apparatus
6. Graduate Research